Traveling nurse wanted in nursing home feeding tube slashings
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 29, 2004
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 53-year-old visiting nurse in connection with the slashing of six elderly patients’ feeding tubes at Philadelphia Nursing Home.
House bill encourages facility investment in capital improvements, IT
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 02, 2006
A new House bill would encourage long-term care facilities to invest in capital improvements, expand access to disaster relief funding, and help alleviate the workforce shortage.
How long-term care colleagues at home health agencies can beat 2020: McKnight’s webinar
Oct 27, 2020
The extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 and how home health agencies can face them successfully, will be the focus of a special McKnight’s webinar Thursday (Oct. 29). The session begins at 1 p.m. ET...
Ask the care expert … about often missed areas
May 08, 2015
We should go over selecting footwear, socks or whatever the resident prefers to wear — and to be sure that the socks or stockings are cleaned daily.
Study: More affluent ZIP codes consistently see higher rates of surgery survival among the elderly
Oct 01, 2008
Seniors in more impoverished areas of the country are significantly more likely to die after surgery than their wealthier neighbors, according to recent research.
CDC: Residents undergoing dialysis may face higher COVID-19 risks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2020
Nursing home residents undergoing dialysis might be at a higher risk for infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of exposures to staff members and community dialysis patients,...
Bush signs bill sure to lift providers’ spirits
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Haymarket Media
Dec 22, 2006
Providers may feel more in the holiday mood next week, thanks to the swoosh of a certain leader’s pen. This week President Bush signed a bill that favors providers with a reduced cut in the provider...
Subacute care falls between nursing home care and hospital care?
Jan 01, 2008
Yes. Subacute care is generally more intensive than traditional nursing facility care and less than acute care.
Post-acute COVID-19 patients face higher mortality and readmission risk, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2020
When compared with heart failure and pneumonia patients, discharged COVID-19 patients had 40% to 60% higher odds of ten-day readmission or death, investigators report.
Grumpy old men? Hardly, researchers say
Aug 17, 2009
“If you should survive to 105, look at all you’ll derive out of being alive,” goes the Frank Sinatra tune. Now, research is backing up that sentiment, as scientists report that people...